Talking Drupal

Today we are talking about The Penguin Corps with Stu Keroff and Students from the Penguin Corps.

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Topics

• Stephen - AZ trip
• Nic - Computer build
• Stu - Back to school
• Favorite things
• Rania Grade 7
  • Walking up and down stairs 10 times to get to sleep
• Michael - Grade 7
  • Sports, Basketball or Swim
• Cam - Grade 7
  • Working on cars, 1986 Ford Mustang
• Geoffrey - Grade 6
  • Soccer
• Nithya - Grade 6
  • Reading
• Penguin Corps
• How it got started
• Getting support
• Why Linux
• Computers in the classroom
• Importance
• Digital Divide
• Hardware
• Donations
• Beyond the classroom
• Corporate support

Resources

• Linux Club Guide
• Charlie Reisinger
• Antioch house
• Floss Desktops for Kids

Guests

Stu Keroff - @studoeslinux Rania Michael Cam Geoffrey Nithya

Hosts

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi Stephen Cross - @stephencross

Today we are talking about the year in Review.

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Topics

• John - Office light
• Stephen - New favorite podcast
• Nic - Finally found a graphics card
• FLDC
• TD 2021
  • Stephen stepped back from weekly recordings
  • Changes at TD
  • Division of labor
  • Production Schedule
  • Keynote at GovCon
• Drupal 8 EoL
• Drupal 7 EoL approaching
• Virtual Conferences
• Tech changes
  • Stephen
    • Split keyboard
    • synology
    • SBC and micro controllers
  • John
    • Linux
    • Alexa
    • Fire Tablets
  • Nic
    • TV Shows
• Favorite moments in 2021
  • Stephen
    • Kids growing up
  • John
    • Changing Jobs
    • Kids growing up
  • Nic
    • Kitako growing up
    • Cooking
• Thoughts for 2022
  • Stephen
    • New year, new start
  • John
    • In person events
    • More contribution
  • Nic
    • Take stock of life

Resources

• Episode 300
• Govcon Keynote Non-Code Contribution: Using your passion and skills to power open source

Hosts

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi Stephen Cross - @stephencross

Today we are talking about Layout Builder vs Paragraphs.

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Topics

• Nic - Family visiting
• Stephen - Behat
• John - Vacation time
• Why choose Layout Builder
  • In core
  • UI
• Josh Miller Q1 - Content model concerns
• Why choose paragraphs
  • Known
  • Structured content
• Why not choose layout builder
  • Core integrations
  • Xlation
  • Content split
  • Needs deep core patches
  • Needs UI customization
• Why not choose paragraphs
  • Performance
  • Hard to use UI
• Why choose – use both
• Josh Miller Q2 - Risks about moving into and out of each platform
• Josh Miller Q3 - Templating concerns

Resources

• Nate's Talk
• Episode 247
• Layout Paragraphs
• JSON API Patches
• Paragraph blocks

Hosts

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi Stephen Cross - @stephencross

MOTW

Linkit Linkit provides an easy interface for internal and external linking with wysiwyg editors by using an autocomplete field. Linkit has by default support for nodes, users, taxonomy terms, files, comments and basic support for all types of entities.

Today we are talking about The Session Recording Initiative with Kevin Thull.

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Topics

• John - Getting ready for xmas
• Kevin - B Movie marathon Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny
• Nic - New mic location
• Beginning of Recording Initiative
• Number of camps annually
• The "Kit"
• Effects of the Pandemic
• Pipeline
• Tips and tricks
• Future of the initiative

Resources

• Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny
• Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
• DRI on Open Collective
• Github docs
• Descript (transcript-based video editing)
• Recording history
• Episode 146

Hosts

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi Kevin Thull - @kevinjthull

MOTW

CSP The Content-Security-Policy header allows your Drupal site to inform browsers of trusted sources for JavaScript, CSS, and other external resources. This adds a security layer to detect and mitigate the risk of Cross Site Scripting (XSS), data injection, and other vulnerabilities.

Today we are talking about The Gin Admin Theme with Sascha Eggenberger.

TalkingDrupal.com/325

Topics

• Nic - Stretch
• Kevin - Camp shirt acoustic tile
• Sascha - Bought a stroller this week
• John - Christmas blow up decorations
• Elevator pitch for gin admin theme
• Origin story
• Enhancement to Claro
• Why people love the theme
• Extensibility
• Add-on modules for gin admin theme
• Any challenges where the base theme is experimental
• The Gin team
• Will it make it into core
• Roadmap
• How to help

Resources

• Gin Admin Theme
• Sascha Eggenberger
• Camp shirt acoustic tile setup:
  • Inspiration tweet from Steve Persch
  • Acoustic tiles
  • Stitch Witchery
• Santa Blow Up
• Snowman Blow Up

Guests

Sascha Eggenberger - @saschaeggi

Hosts

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi Kevin Thull - @kevinjthull

MOTW

Layout Paragraphs Layout Paragraphs provides an intuitive drag-and-drop experience for building flexible layouts with paragraphs. The module was designed from the ground up with paragraphs in mind, and works seamlessly with existing paragraph reference fields.

Welcome to Talking Drupal. Today we are talking about The New SimplyTest.Me with Adam Bergstein & Matt Glaman.

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Topics

• John - Went to Maine
• Kevin - Movie marathon – heading back to Chicago
• Adam - Surprise reservation
• Matt - New development on phpstan-drupal Contributions from brambaud – New job!!
• Nic - Vet with kitako
• Listeners new to simplytest.me episode 279
• Brief history
• New upgrade!
• When will Drupal 10 be on simplytest.me
• Tech partners
  • Tugboat
  • Amazee
  • Violinist
• Process for getting one click demos
  • Plugin, you can contribute
• Roadmap
  • Merge request support
• Drupal pod
• How we can help

Resources

• Episode 279

Guests

Adam Bergstein - @n3rdstein Matt Glaman - @nmdmatt

Hosts

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi Kevin Thull - @kevinjthull

MOTW

Gin Admin Theme A radically new UI layout paired with goodies like a Darkmode will give your Drupal's Admin interface a facelift. The Gin theme also includes things which are currently out of scope for Claro and/or some customisations we're experimenting with for the future. Built on the foundation of Claro from one of the lead designers of Claro & Drupal Design System.

Welcome to Talking Drupal. Today we are talking about Pantheon Autopilot with Nathan Tyler.

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Topics

• Nic - Firefly iii
• Kevin - Visiting Asheville
• Nathan - Working on 227 open source repos, soccer league
• John - Drupal Providence
• Pantheon Autopilot
• Visual regression tests
• How it works
• Comparison with backstop js
• Deployment workflow
• Composer integration
• Compatible Drupal versions
• Other platforms
• Pantheon upstreams
• Development process
• Acquisition
• Automatic updates initiative in Drupal core
• Developer reactions
• Need for autopilot once automatic updates are supported
• Roadmap
• Adding it to your account
  • cost
• Most surprising project from pantheon

Resources

• Firefly iii
• Autopilot
• Drupal Providence
• Terminus Pancakes

Guests

Nathan Tyler - @getpantheon

Hosts

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi Kevin Thull - @kevinjthull

MOTW

Webform The Webform module allows you to build any type of form to collect any type of data, which can be submitted to any application or system. Every single behavior and aspect of your forms and their inputs are customizable. Whether you need a multi-page form containing a multi-column input layout with conditional logic or a simple contact form that pushes data to a SalesForce/CRM, it is all possible using the Webform module for Drupal 8/9.

Today we are talking about Camp Planning with April Sides.

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Topics

• Can you tell us about Drupal Camp Asheville?
• Why is camp planning "Your Jam"?
• How do you think virtual events have impacted camps?
• Do you think we will get back to In-person camps in 2022?
• What are your thoughts on hybrid camp formats in the future?
• What is neurodiverse inclusion?
• Why is it important for events and the Drupal community?
• What is your favorite aspect of camp planning?
• Biggest challenge
• Biggest Success
• Tips for starting a new camp
• How to help with an existing camp

Resources

Drive by Daniel Pink Notist - John Notiat - April Event Organizers Working Group Event Accessibility Playbook Drupal Camp Asheville Drupal Camp Asheville Project Asheville Twitter

Hosts

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi April Sides - @weekbeforenext

Module of the Week

DropzoneJS Drupal integration for DropzoneJS - an open source library that provides drag'n'drop file uploads with image previews.

Today we are talking about Drupal Diversity & Inclusion with Tearyne Almendariz.

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Topics

• Nic - Split keyboard
• April - Daylight saving pet time adventures
• Tearyne - Summer sabbatical coming to an end - working for Pantheon now!
• John - NEDCamp!
• Brief background for DDI
• Talking Drupal #217 - Tara, Marc, Alanna
• Talking Drupal #297 - with Fatima & Tara
• First involvement in DDI
• What's new with DDI
  • Regional leads
  • Focus on Restoration and rejuvination
• Changes over the years
• Support from community
• How to expand diveristy and equity in tech
• How to elevate women in tech
• React community
• New members
• Getting involved
• First online camp
• Biggest issue in Drupal right now for Diversity
• Neurodiversity
• How to be an ally and an advocate

Resources

• Drupal Diversity & Inclusion Group
• Query patch
• Batch index patch
• Additional Patch
• Drupal patch in time:
• Talking Drupal #217 - Diversity & Inclusion Group
• Talking Drupal #297 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Holding ourselves accountable
• Drupal Community Working Group
• Harvard business review article
• Hidden brain
  • Book
  • Podcast
• Capacity of supporting junior developers
• Online camp
  • Youtube channel

Guests

Tearyne Almendariz - @TearyneG

Hosts

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi April Sides - @weekbeforenext

MOTW

Entity Usage

Today we are talking about Drupal 8 End of Life with Gábor Hojtsy.

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Topics

• John - NEDCamp is in two weeks
• April - Planning Drupal Camp Asheville in person next year
• Gábor - Thinking of all versions of Drupal
• Nic - Vacation was great - visited Salem
• What End of Life (EoL) means
• Statistics on number of sites
• Why D8 EoL is before D7
• What can people do to continue using D8
• Does the new release schedule and EoL schedule improve the platform
• Improvements to the process
• Process expected for D9 and D10
• D8 -> D9 migration process affect on adoption
• Expected differences with D7 EoL
• Current Projects
• Contributions
• Next big thing
• Core committer experience over the years
• Initiative lead, lead
• Merge request support with gitlab
• Making core committer's life easier

Resources

• New England Drupal Camp
• Old versions of Drupal
• FGM getting it working on newer php
• https://osinet.fr/presentation/histoire-blocs-drupal
• Cheppers made a running version of Drupal 1 - 8
• Drupal Usage
• Drupal Upgrade Status
• Drupal 9 Deprecation
• Drupal 10 Deprecation
• Drupal rector sponsored by palantir.net
• Multi-core compatibility
• Project Update Bot
• Lenient Composer Facade
• Talking Drupal #312 - DrupalPod
• Closure of the multilingual initiative
  • (over 1600 contributors credited on this issue!)
• Last page of commit history
• First contribution - contrib
  • https://git.drupalcode.org/project/bbcode/-/commit/34e3c35
• First core contributions (drupal.org issues did not yet exist, you would send in a patch via email) found through git log --reverse --grep "Gabor" | less

commit 62f939944f9ecdff0cfb84e1eb057237ad3d52ed Author: Dries Buytaert Date: Tue Sep 16 17:35:02 2003 +0000 - Added 'escape HTML' option to the filters. Patch by Gabor Hojtsy. commit 069e1bb87b9971f160f8ddccfe95335986dd17e0 Author: Dries Buytaert Date: Sun Sep 28 17:07:46 2003 +0000 - More translation fixes for the menu items. Patch by Gabor. commit bcfa6dca1e6646a50f12f617425c6087cae97ac8 Author: Dries Buytaert Date: Sun Sep 28 18:23:13 2003 +0000 - Translation improvements for the block module help. Patch by Gabor. commit 7531e82969cda841d2e03a736c2b0568ed2647e7 Author: Dries Buytaert Date: Mon Sep 29 18:35:46 2003 +0000 - Made sure non US-ASCII mails are sent out properly. Patch by Gabor. TODO: rename user_mail() to drupal_mail() and move it to common.inc. Other modules, such as the project module, should use this as well or they risk to send out /invalid/ mails. Guests

Gábor Hojtsy - www.hojtsy.hu @gaborhojtsy

Hosts

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi April Sides - @weekbeforenext

MOTW

Views AJAX History Enable bookmaking of AJAX views. Supports filters and paging.